Spotify RPM Packager

A tool that automates the creation of RPM packages for Spotify. It downloads the latest Spotify release from debian repository, applies necessary adjustments for system compatibility, and bundles everything into a clean RPM package ready for installation on RPM-based Linux distributions such as Fedora and RHEL derivatives.

Includes a repository web server for automatic Spotify updates.

This package includes enhancements and fixes compared to the official .DEB:

• Built-in FFMPEG libraries for playing local files
• Persistent flags configuration file
• Persistent environment variables configuration file
• Scalable desktop icon
• Defaults flags and environment variables to improve Fedora/RHEL compatibility

GitHub

Help Section

• If you don't want to run a repository web server, just directly install the generated RPMs

• Common Issues

• Making environment variables persistent

• Making flags persistent

Container info and usage

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Container

Tags

Tag	Description
latest	Default Tag

Registries

Registry	Full image name	Description
docker.io	docker.io/zicstardust/spotify-rpm-packager	Docker Hub
ghcr.io	ghcr.io/zicstardust/spotify-rpm-packager	GitHub

Supported Architectures

Attention: The container supports others architectures, but the generated RPM is only for amd64.

Architecture	Available	Tag
amd64	✅	latest
arm64	✅	latest
ppc64le	✅	latest
s390x	✅	latest

Usage

Compose

services:
  spotify-rpm:
    container_name: spotify-rpm-packager
    image: docker.io/zicstardust/spotify-rpm-packager:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    privileged: True
    environment:
      TZ: America/New_York
    ports:
      - 80:80
    volumes:
      - <path to Repository/RPMs output>:/data
      - <path to GPG key>:/gpg-key #Required to backup generate GPG key

Environment variables

variables	Function	Default	Exemple
TZ	Set Timezone
PUID	Set UID	1000
PGID	Set GID	1000
INTERVAL	Set the interval to check for updates and generate the next RPM.	1d	1d - 1 day 10m - 10 minutes 1w - 1 week 65s - 65 seconds
DISABLE_WEB_SERVER	Disable web server repository	false
KEEP_VERSIONS	Number of RPM versions saved. If value is 0, keep all	0
BUILD	Set for which distros the RPM will be generated. Separated by ,	el10	Look at the set BUILD section
GPG_NAME	Your GPG key Name		Look at the GPG Sign section
GPG_EMAIL	Your GPG key E-mail		Look at the GPG Sign section
STABLE_BUILDS	RPM Spotify Stable builds	true
TESTING_BUILDS	RPM Spotify Testing builds	false
SRPMS_BUILDS	SRPMS builds	false
BUILTIN_FFMPEG	Built-in FFMPEG Libraries	true
PORT	Repository Web Server Port	80

Set BUILD

Value	Function
fc<version>	Generate RPM for fedora, exemple fc43 to Fedora 43
fcrawhide	Generate RPM for fedora rawhide
el<version>	Generate RPM for RHEL like, exemple el10 to RHEL 10 like

GPG Sign

To sign RPMs, it is necessary to set GPG_NAME and GPG_EMAIL environment variables.

The key will be imported from /gpg-key/private.pgp and /gpg-key/public.pgp.

If they do not exist, a new key will be created and exported to the /gpg-key/private.pgp and /gpg-key/public.pgp.

Usage Repository Web Server

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Recommended to use a proxy with https.

.repo File Exemple (with GPG)

/etc/yum.repos.d/spotify.repo

[spotify]
name=Spotify Unofficial Repository - Stable - $basearch
baseurl=http://127.0.0.1/$releasever/$basearch/stable
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://127.0.0.1/gpg

[spotify-testing]
name=Spotify Unofficial Repository - Testing - $basearch
baseurl=http://127.0.0.1/$releasever/$basearch/testing
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://127.0.0.1/gpg

[spotify-source]
name=Spotify Unofficial Repository - Stable - Source
baseurl=http://127.0.0.1/$releasever/source/stable
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://127.0.0.1/gpg


[spotify-testing-source]
name=Spotify Unofficial Repository - Testing - Source
baseurl=http://127.0.0.1/$releasever/source/testing
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://127.0.0.1/gpg

Install from repository:

sudo dnf install spotify-client

Making environment variables persistent

Flag file ~/.config/spotify/spotify.env

Below is an example spotify.env file that defines the environment variables WAYLAND_DISPLAY

~/.config/spotify/spotify.env

# This line will be ignored.
WAYLAND_DISPLAY=

Making flags persistent

Flag file ~/.config/spotify/spotify-flags.conf

Below is an example spotify-flags.conf file that defines the flags --force-device-scale-factor:

~/.config/spotify/spotify-flags.conf

# This line will be ignored.
--force-device-scale-factor=1.5

Common Issues

Dependencies not found in EL 10 (RHEL, Almalinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, etc)

Details

It is necessary to activate the EPEL repository.

sudo dnf install epel-release

Local files don't play

Details

Enable built-in FFMPEG Libraries on RPM build (BUILTIN_FFMPEG=true)

Or alternative:

• Enable rpmfusion-free
• Install compat-ffmpeg4 and ffmpeg-libs:

sudo dnf install compat-ffmpeg4 ffmpeg-libs --allowerasing

No themed window bar in the GNOME desktop environment on Wayland

Details

To fix this, add the following lines to the Flag file ~/.config/spotify/spotify-flags.conf

--ozone-platform=x11
--disable-features=UseOzonePlatform

Incorrect device scaling factor

Details

Add --force-device-scale-factor to the flags file in ~/.config/spotify/spotify-flags.conf.

Default value is 1.

#exemple scale factor 1.5
--force-device-scale-factor=1.5

License

This project is a packaging script. Spotify is proprietary software owned by Spotify AB.